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My Best Blog Posts of 2013

Bill Hartzer

2013 was a pretty exciting year, and there has been a lot of activity in the search engine optimization industry this past year. Here’s my wrap-up of my most memorable and best blog posts of 2013. How to Fix Google Analytics to Properly Calculate Bounce Rate – One of my most favorite posts from this past year.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/12/2013

Social Media Marketing

A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Google Maps get more social, the role of social and television, where traditional media is heading, Facebook gets all #cool, Twitter opens analytics to all, making progress on social metrics, the NSA''s use of big data and more - it''s This Week in Social Media. Think email is dead?

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

More than 80% of small to midsized businesses (SMBs) plan to increase their use of social media in 2013. The majority (as much as 70%) is “dark social”—links shared through email or instant messaging that generally get lumped in with “direct” traffic in analytics programs like Google Analytics. (

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This Week in Social Media – 8/7/2013

Social Media Marketing

A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Industry Social network usage rates for seniors ages 65 and older have tripled since 2009, one in every five Internet users is now on Twitter and 72% of online adults are social networking users, according to the Pew Research Center''s Internet & American Life Project''s latest report.

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Quick Guide: How to Conduct an Effective Social Media Audit

Ignite Social Media

From an analytics standpoint, there are a few key things to look at numerically. Does your industry as a whole tend to have low (or high) engagement on social media or are you underperforming compared to your peers? After implementing a massive newsfeed algorithm change in late 2013 , that rate was cut to about 2–5% or less.

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This Week in Social Media – 7/24/2013

Social Media Marketing

Industry Digital moms are connected almost everywhere - but there''s a limit to how much they want to hear from marketers , according to eMarketer''s report "Mom Shoppers: Using Digital to Keep Their Heads Above Water" Compared to their UK counterparts, US consumers are much more likely to complain about brands on Twitter.,

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This Week in Social Media – 4/3/2013

Social Media Marketing

A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Take a look at the star-studded (okay, Internet stars) video they produced to announce it: Industry More small business owners say they find LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube more effective than previously.